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1、话题语言应用未来生活编稿：牛新阁 审稿：王春霞语言积累交际用语做出预测的句式Do you suppose that .? 你猜想.？Suppose that. 假如. I wonder if . 我想知道是否.Do you imagine that.? 你想象.？ I imagine that. 我想象.Is it likely / unlikely that . .可能/不可能吗？It is possible that . 可能. Most likely . 最有可能.Im sure . 我确信. Perhaps / Maybe / Possibly /Probably. 也许.话题词句1描
2、述未来的词汇： in one thousand years time = in one thousand years 一千年以后 collect a hovering carriage driven by computer 领了一辆电脑驱动的气垫船 float above the ground在地面上方漂浮着 fasten safety belt 系紧安全带 a strange-looking house 外表奇怪的房子 jet lag 时差感 time capsule （太空）时间舱 time travel (第一次) 时间旅行 space travel 太空旅行 a space stati
3、on 太空站 space settlements 太空住宅区/定居点monitor robots 监控机器人 thoughtpad 思想仪the sending button 发送键2. 2050年的生活 学习下面短文，特别要记住划线部分的对阅读和写作都会很有用的语句。【高清课堂：Unit 3语言应用 Life in 2050: Amazing Science, Familiar Threats】Life in 2050: Amazing Science, Familiar ThreatsImagine a future in which cancer becomes a memory, or
4、dinary people travel in space, and computers carry on conversations like humans. Now imagine a darker future - a world beset (困扰) by war, rising temperatures and energy shortages, one faces a terrorist attack with nuclear weapons.Futurologists predict that life will probably be very different in 205
5、0 in all the fields of activity, from entertainment to technology. First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared by 2050. Instead, people will choose a program from a “menu” and a computer will send the program directly to the television. In what concerns the environment, water will
6、have become one of our most serious problems. In many places, agriculture is changing and they are growing fruit and vegetables to export. This uses a lot of water. Demand for water will increase ten times between now and 2050 and there could be serious shortages. Some futurologists predict that wat
7、er could be the cause of war if we dont act now.Over the next 20 to 50 years, it will become harder to tell the difference between the human and the machine. All body parts will be replaceable. A computer will function like the human brain with the ability to recognize feelings and respond in a feel
8、ing way. They can then produce fake people.We will then be able to create a machine duplicate (复制品) of ourselves so we will appear to be alive long after we are dead. Maybe a few decades later, a way will be found to transfer our spirit to the new body. Then we can choose to live for as long as we w
9、ant. It might be expensive, though. In transport, cars will run on new, clean fuels and they will go very fast. Cars will have computers to control the speed of the car and there wont be any accidents. Today, many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are. By 2050, the computer wi
10、ll control the car and drive it to your destination. On the other hand, space planes will take people halfway around the world in two hours. By 2050, space planes will fly all over the world and people will fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours.In the domain (范围) of technology, robots will
11、 have replaced people in factories. Many factories already use robots. Big companies prefer robots - they do not ask for pay rises or go on strike, and they work 24 hours a day. By 2050, we will see robots everywhere- in factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes.Last but not least, med
12、icine technology will have conquered many diseases. Today, there are electronic devices that connect directly to the brain to help people hear. By 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people see again and hear again. Scientists have discovered how to control genes. They have already produced
13、 clones of animals. By 2050, scientists will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look, how they behave and how much intelligence they have. Scientists will be able to do these things - but should they?3. 有用的句子- 试试你会了吗？ 1) 我不得不反复提醒自己我真的在公元3008年。I have to _ that I am really in AD 3
14、008.2) 因为担心旅程，我头几天心里总不踏实。_ the journey, I _ for the few days.3) 结果我得了时间滞后症。这就与你乘坐飞机会产生的时差反应相似。As a result, I _ “time lag”. This _ the “jet lag”.4) 时间舱开始轻柔地摇晃，我们放松地躺在那里做梦。 The capsule began _ gently sideways as we lay _ and _.5) 就在我试图做些必要的调整以适应这新环境时，王平出现了。 _ I tried _to this new situation, Wang Ping appeared.6) 后来我发现就是这些树的叶子为这房间提供了急需的氧气。 I found later that their leaves _ the room _.7) 我感到累极了，溜上床很快就睡着了。 _, I _ bed and _.8) 它快捷、有效而且环保。 Its quick, _ and _.9) 现在有这样一个系统，能利用生态原理处理废物。 Now theres system where the waste _.10) 想到未来
